Improvement in cot-bedsteads



L. WORCESTER 89 J. B. HOWE.

CUT-BEDS'I'EAD. N'o',169 ,880 Patented Nov. 9,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

LEONARD WORCESTER, OF WEST BRATTLEBOROUGH, AND JOSHUA B.

. v HOWE, OF READSBOROUGH, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN COT-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,880, dated November9, 1875; application filed March 17, 1875. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEONARD WoRoEs- TER, of West Brattleborough,Windham county, Vermont, and JOSHUA B. Howe, of Readsborough, in thecounty of Bennington and in the .State of Vermont, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Got- Bedsteads; and do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptiou thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a cot-bedstead, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and usethe same, wewill now pro-- oeed to describe its construction and operation,referring to the annexed drawing, in which Figure l is a longitudinalvertical section through the line as m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofour invention.

A A represent two parallel side beams connected a suitable distance fromthe ends by means of cross-bars B B, having legs 0 pivoted upon theirends immediately inside of the side beams. The legs 0 G on each crossbarB are connected by means of rounds at a. D D represent the slatssupported on the cross-bars B B,,and held thereon by means of staples bb, which pass through the slats. On the lower round a connecting the twolegs (3 G, at the foot of the bed, are pivoted two arms, E E, which aremade to catch on the rounds of the foot-rest G pivoted between theextreme ends, thus holding the foot'rest in proper position. Thehead-rest is formed of two vertical arms, E E, which extend suitablyabove the slats D. These arms are connected by rounds d, and pivoted attheir hottoms, at a, to the lower ends of the pivoted legs 0'. At thisend of the cot in the main frame are rounds e, and pivoted to the arms Eare hooked arms H, which latter catch over the rounds e, and hold theheadrest at any inclination desired. It is, ofcou'rse, understood thatwe may use either of these devices at either end of the bedstead.

When the bedstead is not in use the legs and ends can be folded close tothe body, so as not to take up much room.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 1. The combination of the frameA B, hinged legs O G, arms E E, and foot-rest G, all substantially asand for the purposes herein set forth.

